Models / Text Embedding 3 SmallID: openai/text-embedding-3-small
embedding model by OpenAI

Text Embedding 3 Small

Cost-effective text embedding model by OpenAI yielding 1536-dimensional vectors with elastic dimension truncation for efficient vector database retrieval.

Context window8.2K
Maker

OpenAI

Served On

OpenAI

Specifications

Context window, ranked against other embedding models

Proportional scale: 0 to 8.2K tokens.

Context window

8.2K

Source: platform.openai.com
Max output

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Modality

embedding

Vision
Function calling
System prompt

Benchmarks & Performance Rankings

Empirical intelligence benchmarks and category leaderboard placements for Text Embedding 3 Small.

Core Benchmark DimensionsSource: learn.microsoft.com
MMLUKnowledge

0%

HumanEvalCoding

0%

Latency p50TTFT

—ms

p99: —ms

ThroughputStream

—tok/s

SWE-bench: 0%

Benchmarks

Mteb62.3
Source: learn.microsoft.com2026-09-13
Miracl44.0
Source: learn.microsoft.com2026-09-13
not listed on arena.ai text leaderboard as of 2026-09-11

Pricing

Rates are read live

Pricing for text-embedding-3-small is fetched from the live catalogue on load, so it is never served from a cache that could outlive a repricing.

Availability

Not enough data yet

We have not collected enough health probes for this model to publish an uptime or latency figure. A percentage from a handful of samples is fabricated precision, so none is shown until the sample count supports one.

How Text Embedding 3 Small is billed

Billed at the provider's list price, with no per-token markup.

Exact list price
Tokens settle at the published rate of the model that served your call.
Cache discounts passed through
Provider prompt-caching discounts reach your balance with no added fee.
Cost on every response
Each response carries the x-nr-request-cost header, so you can reconcile spend per request.

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